S1 Table. The protein sequences Glycine max St8 MER3 and 18 homologous proteins used for phylogenetic analysis. S. No. Gene Name/ ID Protein type 1 Glyma.06G202500.1 St8 MER3 Glycine max 2 Glyma.16G072300.1 DEAH Glycine max 3 Glyma.01G038100.1 Ski2-like Glycine max 4 Glyma.08G102300.1 RecQ Glycine max 5 Glyma.08G174300.1 DEAD box Glycine max 6 GRMZM2G346278_T02 MER3 Zea mays 7 GI:669030325 MER3 Triticum aestivum 8 Sobic.004G215600.1 MER3 Sorghum bicolor 9 LOC_Os02g40450.1 MER3 Oryza sativa 10 AT3G27730.1 MER3 Arabidopsis thaliana 11 NP_011263.2 MER3 Saccharomyces cerevisiae 12 AT5G61140.1 DEAD box Arabidopsis thaliana 13 LOC_Os03g11470.1 DEAD box Oryza sativa 14 AT1G70070.1 Ski2-like Arabidopsis thaliana 15 LOC_Os02g50560.1 Ski2-like Oryza sativa 16 AT3G05740.1 RecQ Arabidopsis thaliana 17 LOC_Os04g40970.1 RecQ Oryza sativa 18 AT1G72250.2 DEAH Arabidopsis thaliana 19 LOC_Os12g42160.1 DEAH Oryza sativa